Police: 25-year-old poses as hurricane victim, enrolls in high school to play basketball

by Elizabeth Tyree

Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley (Dallas County Jail)

DALLAS, Texas (WSET) -- A 25-year-old has been arrested for living a double life as a teenager for nine months.

Dallas Police said Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley claimed to be a Hurricane Harvey refugee when he enrolled as a freshman under the name Rashun Richardson at Skyline High School in Dallas, so he could play high school basketball again.

Police said federal law exempts people who claim to be homeless or an evacuee due to a natural disaster from requiring documents they might not have.